The diversity of nature in the Wenden area can be experienced in a comfortable and entertaining way by bike: A tour of around 25 kilometers, which is very popular both for its scenic beauty and its moderate gradients, leads past five nature reserves. The Wendener Hütte Museum, the oldest surviving charcoal blast furnace in Western Europe, is also a first-class cultural monument right along the way.
The trail begins with the Mittagsbrüche nature reserve, a large wetland meadow complex adjoining small arable fields. The comparatively small Wendequellgebiet nature reserve forms a kind of stepping stone on the way to the Wiehbruch nature reserve. The route continues past the Dörnschlade pilgrimage chapel into the Großmicketal nature reserve. The final section is the Biggetal nature reserve with its wide floodplain, where the river can still largely unfold freely.